Pushary vs Trigger.dev

Pushary

Six small tools with a detailed skill that says when to ask, when to notify and when to stay quiet. No free plan, and the 3-day trial takes a card up front.

Trigger.dev

Tokens complete from a backend, a pre-signed callback URL or the browser with a token scoped to one waitpoint. 10-minute default timeout on tokens.

Pushary

1. Read answered, status and handoffAction on every result, and never treat a timeout as approval
2. Expect ask_user to return at once with answered: false when the user's mode is notify-only or terminal-only
3. Poll wait_for_answer once (it waits at most 55 seconds), then follow the handoff instead of looping
4. Cancel a live question with cancel_question before asking the same thing in chat
5. Group open decisions into one select question, since each push interrupts the user

Trigger.dev

1. Pass an explicit timeout to wait.createToken() and handle ok: false as a timeout
2. Use an idempotency key when creating the token so a retried step doesn't send the reviewer a second request
3. Give the browser the publicAccessToken, never the secret key, and don't call token.url from client code
4. Tag tokens with the user or task ID so pending approvals can be listed per reviewer
5. Start the MCP server with --readonly when the agent only needs to inspect runs